Millie first thought about becoming Mbita MP at age 13. The graduate of University of Nairobi School of Law has worked as a lawyer and women and children rights activist. The CRADLE is one of the MP’s dream come true. She founded the organization that promotes the rights of children since 1997. Millie has received the YWCA Democracy Award and the Eve woman of the year for human rights and gender. Her political tipping point came when she served as a delegate at the Bomas of Kenya, during the constitutional drafting process. ODM party nominated her to Parliament 2008 and she clinched the Mbita seat in the 2013 election.
19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House? None of the Members who have spoken or the proposed Bill purports to allow Members to make reckless statements. Nowhere in any Members statement does it talk about reckless statements and nowhere in the Bill does it talk about allowing Members to make reckless statements. So, is he in order to mislead the House?
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. In congratulating them though, I would like to urge the Leader of the Majority Party that if you look at the list of Bills that we have and those that we have passed, even though they have enabled us to streamline many pieces of legislation that we have with the Constitution, the hurry with which we pass these Bills is not good. I am, at times, worried as a lawyer. I am hoping he can urge the Office of the Attorney-General ...
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill. I hope that this Bill along with the rest that we are getting have gone through public participation which is constitutional. Otherwise, we might have some constitutional challenges. They may be challenged after they are passed. I am hoping that by passing this Bill, we will be providing a synchrony especially in different registration regimes.
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I am also hoping that by passing this Bill, we will be enhancing implementation because in Kenya, the challenge is usually not in passing law. In this Parliament, we have passed so many The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
laws. Today, we are likely to pass even more than one but the issue is implementation. If we are able to implement the laws that we are passing, it will ensure that we make business attractive in the country through shorter time and especially on the issue of reduction of corruption. One of the things that is killing this country, and we have spoken on it time and again is the issue of corruption. I want to challenge the President that he came here and we gave a standing ovation on the issue of corruption. However, after that he has ...
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I want to load this Bill on the issue of creating awareness and especially in light of the 30 per cent rule for women, youth and people living with disabilities. I am hoping that it goes beyond just creating awareness but capacity building and assisting women, youth and people living with disabilities so that they are able to register businesses. It is one thing to say that women can access 30 per cent of Government contracts but it is another to build their capacities to register. Just this morning, I was talking to some young people who are trying to ...
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I have a problem and a challenge with the appointment of the four members. My brother Hon. Agostinho Neto has spoken to it. It should be through an open and competitive process. We are giving the Cabinet Secretary (CS) very serious powers. Anybody who is given too much power is subject to abuse. So, I am hoping that we can amend Clause 5.
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another issue that I have concern over is that increasingly we have been taking a zebra approach in legislation. Where you have a chairperson as a man, the vice-chairperson is a woman and where the woman is the chairperson, the man is a vice chairperson. I am also hoping that we can do an amendment to make sure that we retain this zebra approach. I would also want us to provide for strong language on gender inclusion not only for the staff but also for the board.
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
If you look at several of the pieces of the legislation that have come before this House--- I am hoping that the drafts people in the office of the Attorney-General will take this more seriously because we keep deleting them and they keep on bringing them back. This issue of co- option of people into boards is a very wrong approach and a wrong way of dealing with things. I want to challenge the Leader of the Majority Party that: Please I know that you would probably be representing the Government interests but sometimes it is good to bring the ...
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19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Since my brother, Hon. Agostinho Neto has proposed that he is doing the amendments he can change the wording for establishing of the offices from “may” to “shall”. This will ensure that we pick up the devolved structures so that we do not give it an optional thing. If we want to deliver services under Article 2 of the Constitution that there shall be devolved services as much as possible, then we need to make it mandatory that they are devolved.
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